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We love this color, Curry–it’s in all the runway collections. Why
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not knit a single skein ChaCha scarf to spice up your black, grey, brown, red, or olive winter coat and keep your neckline warm at the same time? Now through Saturday December 10, buy Curry only at 25% off!
 This design in "Winter Warmers" |
Alpaca Chunky
This super-soft and snuggly yarn is a natural extension of Rowan’s Lima. Since super-bulky yarns are so in fashion, it makes perfect sense to create a bigger, chunkier alpaca yarn. This yarn is put up in 100g skeins, with about 76 yards, so as to minimize the number of ends you have to deal with. And there’s a Rowan book Winter Warmers, with patterns for Alpaca Chunky, too.
Here’s a gift from me to you to get you started:
 Knit in alpaca chunky |
Simply Snuggly Luxury Scarf
This reversible scarf will make you want to go out in the cold just so you can wear it. Or make it for someone else — Sometimes the recipe for a fabulous gift is deceptively easy!
2 100g balls Rowan Alpaca Chunky
US size 15 needles
Cast on 18 st, and work in this pattern
Row 1: K3, P3 repeat across
Row 2: K1,P1 repeat across
Continue in pattern until just enough of 2nd ball remains to bind off. Weave in loose ends. Block lightly to stabilize the stitches. Finished size about 6” by 66”.
Tip: When working with circular chain constructed yarns like Alpaca Chunky or Lima try joining balls this way. Using a tapestry needle, thread the new end up through the center of the yarn tube of the old end for about 4-5 inches, then out the side. Remove the needle and gently pull back on the yarn to bury the ends. Then just continue knitting.
Black Friday is Bargain day, right? And you get to take advantage of it without sitting outside in the weather.
It’s the second day of the Try a New Yarn promotion from Handknitting.com. Today’s Buy One Get One Half off coupon is for 2 Trendsetter Yarns:
Rendezvous: Use the coupon code BF11FUN
Improv: Use the coupon code BF11JOY 
This coupon will allow you to buy 2 skeins of these yarns, with the second skein at half price. You may mix colors, and you may use the coupon as many times as you wish.
GOOD TODAY (11/25/2011) ONLY.
Boy I’m late getting back here to the blog–sorry.
Some of you know Linda, our super special sample knitter, show helper, and adopted Jewish mother 🙂 Linda took home a skein of Flamenco, and here’s her report.
First, it is easier to work with if, like ChaCha, you wind it around some cardboard. Or, another alternative is a wound ball, instead of the pull skein. The pull skein is slippery and can disintegrate into a big mess.
Linda's Flamenco Scarf
Here’s Linda’s favorite scarf pattern: 8 stitches across, but the stitches are every other hole apart. This results in a somewhat thinner but a longer scarf from one ball. Take a look
I think Linda really hit on something because this configuration is more susceptible to gravity. As a result the scarf gets thinner around your neck and flares at the ends. A very pretty result, don’t you think?
Go to the website to see all the colors.
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